Halloween is one of the most popular holidays in the United States, and this year’s Halloween will be very special. The Halloween full moon of 2020 will be the first full moon since 1944 that people in almost all time zones in the world can see. The last time a full moon occurred on Halloween in the United States was in 2001 in the Central Time Zone and the Pacific Time Zone.
This year, not everyone can see the full moon on Halloween, but people in the United States and many other countries will see it. Locations that will miss the full moon on October 31 include central Australia, eastern Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, , Japan, Fiji, or eastern Russia. Jeffrey Hunt,
astronomy educator and former planetarium curator, said: "Every time zone has, except for the time zone east of (GMT) +8 time zone, if they have daylight saving time, or (GMT) +9 does not have daylight saving time zone. "
The last Halloween full moon visible globally occurred in 1944. Since the full moon will be very bright, anyone will see it, whether in the countryside or in a brightly lit city. After Halloween 2020, the next global full moon to appear on this holiday will be 2039.
